Whenever TXT talks about their trainee days, the stories they share are either fun or traumatizing. There have been other posts of them talking about their trainee days so I won’t start recounting them again, but Soobin and Taehyun went on live today and revealed some new stories they hadn’t shared before. TXT have never really been the ones to shy away from talking about their trainee experiences and saying things as they were, and this was no exception. Here is a summary of what they said in the live. Taehyun said he has seen MOAs ask questions like "how was TXT chosen?", "how did BigHit assemble all of them?", and the answer is that all of TXT were selected for the debut group solely based on their looks. He said Yeonjun was the only skilled person who was really good in everything and the rest of the debut team members were just chosen mainly because they were good looking. It was afterwards that BigHit really put them through the wringer to develop their skills. Before Beomgyu joined BigHit, TXT’s debut lineup was originally expected to have six or seven members. Yeonjun, Taehyun, and two other trainees were basically confirmed, so when their names were called as part of the debut team, everyone thought, “Of course.” But then Soobin’s name was announced, and everyone was confused. The other trainees wondered, “Why him?” and even Soobin himself was thinking, "Why me?" Hueningkai’s name was called and everyone was even more shocked. (Note: Hueningkai was added to the debut line-up 3 months after joining BigHit). Soobin said he and Hueningkai were really unskilled at that time and it didn’t seem like the company was paying any special attention to them, so they were not expecting to be announced as part of the debut line-up. When Beomgyu was added to the debut lineup not long after joining the company, he was treated coldly and negatively by most of the trainees. At that time, some trainees had left, and everyone was still struggling to secure a spot in the debut lineup. Then Beomgyu came in and was added to the debut lineup not long after. This caused many trainees to resent and hate Beomgyu to the point that one/some of them had to go for counseling because of it. Soobin said he saw himself in Beomgyu at that time because he also faced a lot of unfair prejudice when he joined the company, so he especially looked out for Beomgyu during that period. However, he said that Beomgyu did change that negative perception later on because he was very kind, got along with everyone, and adapted quickly. Beomgyu later said that he was clueless about those things back then because he was just focused on trying to survive. Soobin said that out of all the older and younger members, only Wooyoung and Yeosang (currently ATEEZ) weren’t strict with him, which he really appreciated. He didn’t like it when younger members were too formal, so he’d ask them to speak more casually. Sometimes the younger members went too far, but Soobin would just laugh it off. However, Wooyoung would always step in, gather the younger trainees and tell them "You shouldn’t treat Soobin like that." At the time, Soobin said he didn’t think much of it, but looking back, he’s really thankful for what Wooyoung did. Taehyun said he rarely cried, only when the hyung trainees were leaving. When Yeosang and Wooyoung left, he said he cried and was really sad. And then, like psychos, the rookie development team members told him, “Taehyun, try singing with the emotions you’re feeling right now.” 😭 Around the time TXT was preparing for their debut, the members were practicing late at night, often from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. One night, they kept hearing strange noises outside the practice room. Even as trainees, they already had some fans, so they assumed someone had snuck in to peek through the door. Since they weren’t supposed to be revealed yet, they couldn’t risk going out themselves, so their dance teacher stepped out to check. The teacher came back looking visibly shaken, saying it was too scary to explain. When the members went to see for themselves, they found a series of albums from another artist placed neatly on each step of the staircase, each one marked with an X. According to them, It looked like some kind of curse ritual and the scene gave everyone chills. They were so frightened they didn’t even clean it up and just went back inside, completely shaken. TranslatingTXT, our fandom translation account, has not translated the live fully yet, so these are just some tidbits I got from some other translation accounts. I’m sure there will be more stories and details to come out when the live is translated. submitted by /u/ilovemeeeeee [link] [comments]
